BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS
08/11/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 6736 - MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (36-57) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Kyoto Owls (51-42) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 X 4 5 2
Kyoto Beats Sapporo, 4-2
Kyoto turned a good effort from starter Norikazu Takai into a win over the Sapporo Bears at Owls Park. The Owls won the game, 4-2. Kenshin Kon got the save, his 19th in 26 chances. The Owls improved their record to 51-42 by beating Sapporo.

Toyohiro Wada, who is tied for 2nd in the EL in hits with 100, helped out the Kyoto cause in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring double. For the game, the first baseman was 2-4 with 2 doubles, while adding 2 RBI.

"Norikazu did a heck of a job," said Kyoto manager Tomoya Nagao.
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Murata SS 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 .223 14 31
M. Shiotani 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .221 5 17
T. Kusumoto LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .275 10 43
K. Hotta RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .292 14 45
G. Nakashima 2B 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .218 6 30
   a-Y. Akamine PH, 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 1 6
T. Yamamoto CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 .196 2 11
S. Fukui 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .230 7 21
S. Arakawa C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 7 17
   b-N. Fukuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 3 17
K. Hashimoto P 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 1 4
   E. Yamaoka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-Y. Nakamura PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .364 0 4
Totals 34 2 7 2 3 3 15      
a - Y. Akamine pinch hit for G. Nakashima in the 8th
b - N. Fukuda pinch hit for S. Arakawa in the 9th
c - Y. Nakamura pinch hit for E. Yamaoka in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto 2 , Y. Akamine , T. Yamamoto , K. Hashimoto , Y. Nakamura
2-out RBI: G. Nakashima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Yamamoto 2 , S. Fukui
GIDP: T. Kusumoto , T. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Yamamoto (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Hashimoto (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Fukui-Nakashima-Shiotani, Murata-Shiotani)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 .263 1 11
S. Smith LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .262 15 30
T. Wada 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .305 16 68
B. Arai SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .291 27 70
H. Yamashita C 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .227 12 27
M. Smith CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .280 11 43
T. Kato 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 13 47
T. Endo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196 10 28
N. Takai P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .149 0 2
   a-K. Taira PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 0 0
   K. Kon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1
Totals 27 4 5 4 4 7 14      
a - K. Taira pinch hit for N. Takai in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Wada 2 (12, 6th Inning off K. Hashimoto, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off E. Yamaoka, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: M. Smith (11, 7th Inning off K. Hashimoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , T. Wada 4 , H. Yamashita , M. Smith 4
2-out RBI: H. Yamashita
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Yamashita , M. Smith
GIDP: S. Smith
Sac Bunt: S. Smith
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Yamamoto (15)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kato (15) , N. Takai (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Endo-Arai-Wada, Endo-Arai-Wada)
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Hashimoto L (5-11) 7.0 4 4 3 3 7 1 125 5.48   
E. Yamaoka 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Hashimoto 59
Batters Faced: K. Hashimoto 28, E. Yamaoka 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Hashimoto 5-9, E. Yamaoka 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Hashimoto 125-77, E. Yamaoka 21-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Yamaoka 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Takai W (7-8) 7.0 5 2 0 3 3 0 98 3.78   
K. Kon SV (19) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.34   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Takai 63
Batters Faced: N. Takai 30, K. Kon 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Takai 8-9, K. Kon 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Takai 98-63, K. Kon 16-13
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Norikazu Takai
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (84 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 4:05 PM JST
Time: 2:40
Attendance: 18510
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